Can your diet harm or help your mental health? Absolutely! In this episode, Esther Kane, Canadian #psychotherapist, interviews Dr. Georgia Ede, a nutritional and #metabolichealth psychiatrist, about her new book, Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind. Watch this video to learn about the link between #brainfood and #metabolism, which greatly improves #mentalhealth. Also discussed is the concept that many people find that they can greatly reduce or eliminate #psychiatricmedications when they make these dietary changes.

Episode Contents

0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Introducing Dr. Georgia Ede
2:35 Why mental health practitioners aren't educated on the relationship between nutrition and mental health
4:58 How much #foodchoices impact our mental health and what a powerful #intervention foods can be in improving our mental health
5:30 The "mesearch" that led Dr. Ede to explore the effects that #nutrition can have on physical and mental health
9:23 How mainstream psychiatry fails most people and why we need new approaches
13:33 Why depression and anxiety have reached epidemic proportions in recent years
15:02 Why the Standard American Diet or SAD, is contributing to poor mental health
18:02 Why food is one of the most powerful pillars of better mental health
18:50 Why we are so confused about what to eat
19:34 Debunking popular nutrition headlines which are based on ideology, not biology
23:00 Why plantbased and mediterranean diets outperform the Standard American Diet (SAD)
28:21 Why meat is the original “superfood” for brain health
32:54 The three ways of eating (WOEs) that Dr. Ede recommends to improve mental health (i.e.,#paleolithic #paleodiet #lowcarb #lowcarbdiet #ketogenic #ketogenicdiet #carnivore #carnivorediet)
43:20 How ridding one's diet of #ultraprocessedfoods alleviates #foodaddiction
50:25 How people can reduce or eliminate the need for #psychiatricmedications using dietary strategies
55:42 Why the ketogenic diet is so good for people struggling with mental health issues
57:02 The importance of emphasizing HOPE and exciting developments in the area of #metabolichealth
1:04:07 Windup and what Dr. Ede is looking forward to

Show notes:

Where to find Dr. Ede, buy her book, find a clinician or check out her clinical training course:
https://www.diagnosisdiet.com

Resource mentioned in interview:

Baszucki Foundation: links the ketogenic diet with resolution of mental health challenges:
https://www.metabolicmind.org/

FREE resources:

For more on ultraprocessed foods and food addiction:

Dr. Vera Tarman, Author of “Food Junkies” – Food Addiction 101
https://www.estherkane.com/podcasts/v...

How to Break Free of Food Addiction: Clarissa Kennedy and Molly Painschab of Sweet Sobriety
https://www.estherkane.com/podcasts/h...

Joy Kiddie, the Low Carb Healthy Fat Dietician: Can a lowcarb ketogenic diet help curb overeating?
https://www.estherkane.com/podcasts/j...

Highly Processed Food Addiction with Dr. Joan Ifland
https://www.estherkane.com/podcasts/h...